Head to head
7
Hard
0
1
Grass
0
5
Carpet
1
John McEnroe's wins on the left · Brad Gilbert's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (14)
| 1990 | Long Island | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1989 | Tokyo-1 | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 2-6 6-4 6-1 |
| 1989 | WCT Finals | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 7-6 |
| 1988 | Tokyo-1 | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 6-3 0-6 6-4 |
| 1987 | Stratton Mountain | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1986 | Los Angeles | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 6-1 3-6 6-3 |
| 1986 | Masters | Carpet | R16 | Brad Gilbert | 5-7 6-4 6-1 |
| 1985 | Los Angeles | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 4-6 6-0 6-3 |
| 1985 | Houston | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1985 | Philadelphia | Carpet | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1984 | San Francisco | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1983 | Sydney-1 | Hard | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1983 | San Francisco | Carpet | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1983 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-2 6-2 6-2 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.